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| It's a colorful world - white dwarf! |
| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| white dwarf | noun | general astronomy | not
common except in astronomy | No |
| Meaning: | ||||
| a small white star with a low brightness and usually a mass about equal to that of the sun, but with a much higher density | ||||
| Example(s): | ||||
| A white dwarf is much brighter than a brown dwarf. | ||||
| Note: Plural in this case is white dwarfs. Also, see brown dwarf. | ||||